b'744 5A rare Colonial Australian writing box,A superb Colonial Australian writing musk, cedar and fiddleback blackwoodbox, exceptionally crafted with with whalebone escutcheon, interiornumerous segments of native timbers fitted with fiddleback blackwood writingincluding huon pine, musk, beefwood, slope, compartments and green baize,tulipwood, myrtle, honeysuckle and Tasmanian origin, circa 1850, others, interior fitted with writing 15cm high, 39cm wide, 23cm deep slope with later tooled and embossed $3,0004,000 black leather top, Tasmanian origin, mid 19th century,attractive petite proportions 12cm high, 36cm wide, 23cm deep$2,0003,0005'